Paul Mescal says he’s more than willing to reprise his role as Lucius Verus in Gladiator 3. Gladiator II opens in United States theaters later this month. Directed by Ridley Scott, the sequel to 2000’s Gladiator stars Mescal as the son of Maximus,

Gladiator II star Paul Mescal wanted to separate himself as much as possible from the first movie.

Set 16 years after Crowe's hero Maximus died in the original 2000 "Gladiator" film, the sequel follows Mescal's character Lucius, a prisoner taken to Rome after his homeland is conquered by a fleet of Roman warships led by General Acacius,